[4] Falkenberg clerked on the federal appellate court in the District of Columbia and began her legal career at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
She also represented the company in a libel suit brought by Prince Alwaleed regarding his ranking on the Forbes's "Billionaires List" and its reporting that his net worth was inflated.
In that role, Falkenberg launched initiatives including the Freelancer's Hub, a center providing free resources for independent workers, and One Book One New York, the country's largest community read program, in addition to overseeing the development of programming for NYC Life, the organization's flagship television channel (which has been nominated for 160 New York Emmy Awards, winning 42).
In that position she is the top lawyer for online publications including The Onion, Gizmodo, Jezebel, The Root and Deadspin.
[11] She currently serves on the boards of the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY and New York City's Open Data Advisory Council, as well as The Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, and 70 Faces Media.